HR3 5DS

Hay · Powys · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Hereford
Ward: Hay
Local authority: Powys
Constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Postcode district: HR3
Postcode sector: HR3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
HR3 5EJ	68 m
HR3 5EH	77 m
HR3 5BT	127 m
HR3 5DX	149 m
HR3 5DU	155 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: HR3 5DS
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: HR
Postcode district: HR3
Postcode sector: HR3 5
Latitude: 52.071126
Longitude: -3.125654
British National Grid easting: 322,942
British National Grid northing: 242,015

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Powys · W06000023
Electoral ward: Hay · W05001135
Parish or community: W04000281
Westminster constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe · W07000085
Output area: W00002380
Lower layer super output area: Powys 015D · W01000446
Middle layer super output area: Powys 015 · W02000111

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Property

At this postcode

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14 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
The Retreat, Forest Road, Hay On Wye, Hereford, HR3 5DS	27 March 2026	£515,000
Castle Gardens, Ty Crug, Forest Road, Hay On Wye, Hereford, HR3 5DS	2 December 2024	£575,000
The Retreat, Forest Road, Hay On Wye, Hereford, HR3 5DS	5 June 2023	£450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Hay-On-Wye C.P. School

Welsh establishment
166 m
Clyro C.I.W. School

Welsh establishment
2.3 km
Clifford Primary School

Community school
4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 107
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 55
Anti social behaviour 12
Burglary 11
Shoplifting 7
Criminal damage and arson 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 18
Postcode households: 10
Residents per household: 1.8
HR3 5 residents: 4,516

Age bands in HR3 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12.9%
Age 15 to 24: 7.6%
Age 25 to 44: 17.6%
Age 45 to 64: 29.4%
Age 65 and over: 32.5%

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR3 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 66.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 66.7%
Gigabit-capable: 66.7%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Hay Castle

BCT · Hay-on-Wye
0.1 miles
Hay Castle

BCT · Hay-on-Wye
0.2 miles
Hay-on-Wye ClockTower

BCT · Hay-on-Wye
0.3 miles
Clock Tower

BCT · Hay-on-Wye
0.3 miles
Hay Fire Station

BCT · Hay-on-Wye
0.3 miles

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £515,000 from 5 recorded sales in HR3 5DS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Powys is £231,004 in June 2026, up 2.9% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hay-On-Wye C.P. School is the nearest published school at 166 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

107 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 55 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.